Car-replacer.



No. 734,611.y

PATENTED JULY z8, 1903. W. H. PRITGHARD.

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APPLICATION FILED'JAN. ZZ, 1903.

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PATENT CAR-REPLACER.

SPECIFICATIQN forming part of4 Letters Patent `No. 784,611, dated July28, 1903. Application filed January 22| 19403.` :Serial No. 140,094.'lNo model.)

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Be itkn own that I, WILLIAM H. PRITCIIARD, a citizen of theUnitedStates, residing at Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and State ofIndiana,have invented certain new and useful ImprovementsinCar-Replacers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in car-replacers, and isespecially adapted for use in replacing derailed street-cars upon thecomparatively flater flanged rail used in connection with pavedsurfaces; and the object of the invention is to provide a portable frogwhich will be very light in weight, so asto be easily handled by oneman, also that it will be securely braced and anchored to preventslipping and tilting sidewise under the action of the car-wheels.

The object also is to provide a replacer that will be strong and durableand that will not require a very considerable raisingof the carwheels toget theminto position on the rails.

I accomplish the objects of the invention l by the mechanism illustratedin the accompanying drawings, in whichv i Figure l is a top plan view ofmyimproved replacer in operative position upon the left Like charactersof reference indicate like Y parts throughout the `several views of thedrawings. y g i i A represents the railway-rail, having the horizontalflange l, over whichthefface of the car-wheel travels, and thehorizontal flange-2 at the' lower level, forming the oifset or shoulder3 between the two faces to engage the flange of the car-wheel andA holdit on the track.

B represents the paved surface of the street in which the railway islaid, which is approximately on alevel with the upper face of the liangel.

My replacer will preferably be made out of heavy sheet-steel, which ispressed while in a heated condition into proper shape in a .suitablemold. The lowest part of my re- I placer will be that part through itslongitudivnal middle which is designed to lie against `the shonlder.3upon the flange 2 of the railway-rail. The Walls of this longitudinalporl tion will be half-round in cross-section to form the groove orchannel 4, and these walls will be continued on each side of the grooveto form the wings 5 and 6. As the parts of the replacer on each side ofthe groove 4 differ from each other only in being of opposite or`reversed shapes and curves, the description *of one side will answerfor both. The wings 5 and 6 start from a horizontal base-line ef e,which is straight so as to lie down close to the pavement, and theyterminate in a line g h g at the opposite end of the replacers, which isalso straight and parallel with the `edge e f e and which also lies flatagainst the pavement. Between the lines e f e and g h g the wings arecurved upwardly in an arch, as shown in Fig. 2, in which it will be seenthat the highest part is between the middle and the base-line ef e.Extending diagonally of each wing, beginning at e e on each `and runningdiagonally toward the middle `front h,'are the shoulders or offsets'7-7, and the portions of the wings between said offsets and the groove4 have a downward slant, as shown inFigs. l and 4. This compound cur-Avatureof the inner wing-surfaces elevates the car-wheel that passesover it and at the same time causes it to slide by gravity toward thegroove which it enters before the wheel leaves the replacer and isdeposited by the groove in right position on the rail. When the wheelcomes in contact with the shoulder 7, it is directed'by said shoulderover into the groove. e Longitudinalmovement of the replacer is`preventedby the` lugs or spurs 8, and lateral displacement is preventedalso by the contact of the bottom of the groove 4 with'the shoulderofthe rail on one side and `by the contact of the lugs 9 with the other orouter .side ofthe rail. l The replacer for the left railofthe` trackwill have the lugs 8 on the left wing; but for the right rail of thetrack the lugs will be part of the right wing, and in this alone willthere be any difference between the replacers for the two rails.

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ral depression or channel, wings arched lon-v gitudinally and eachhaving a diagonal offset, said wings having a downward lateral slopefrom said oiset to said channel.

5. A car-replacer having a longitudinal central channel, win gs slopingtoward said channel and pendent lugs from said wings.

6. A car-replacer having a longitudinal central channel and wings thatbegin and end in horizontal edges, said wings being arched between saidedges and said wings being integral with the walls of said channel andsloping downwardly thereto.

7. Acar-replacerhavingalongitudinal central channel andlongitudinally-arched and laterally-sloping wings that' begin and endwith straight horizontal ends, and lugs pendent from said ends.

In witness whereof-I have hereunto set my hand and seal, atPortsinouth,Ohio, this 17th day of January, A. D. 1903.

WILLIAM H. PRITCIIARD.

Witnesses:

SAM M. JOHNSON, EMMA J. JENNINGS.

